By Leigh Thomas and Alessandro Parodi PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out on Friday using any fiscal leeway from a better-than-expected budget deficit to provide broad financial support to shield businesses or consumers from rising energy prices.

France’s government said it would provide a €70 million ($80.6 million) of aid to a limited number of sectors over a short period as it seeks to cushion the economy from the impact of the Iran war without straining public finances.

Despite a heavy Brazil presence, France looked right at home at Gillette Stadium in a potential World Cup finals preview

By Michel Rose and Nellie Peyton PARIS/JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - French officials on Thursday denied excluding South Africa from the list of invitees to the G7 leaders' summit in June due to pressure from Washington,

France beat its 2025 deficit reduction target, giving the government some margin for maneuver as the fallout from the Iran war casts a cloud over plans to keep repairing public finances.

Playing shorthanded, France added a second goal 10 minutes later when Hugo Ekitike struck on the counter-attack. Bremer pulled one back for Brazil in the 78th minute, but France survived a furious finish to win the World Cup tune-up in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The Swiss-born entrepreneur Maja Hoffmann founded the cultural complex Luma Arles in 2013 and co-founded the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles in 2014. She also owns a few hotels in the city, including the Grand Hôtel Nord-Pinus. She lives in the countryside near Arles, as well as in London and Switzerland.

The Philippines and France have signed a visiting forces agreement that would allow them to conduct joint military training in each other's territory, as Manila expands